On 2013/01/27 16:25, Erling Westenvik wrote: > When attempting to install JDK 1.6 from ports, the ports system states: > > *** Get the BSD patchset file: > *** bsd-jdk16-patches-4.tar.bz2 > *** from http://www.eyesbeyond.com/freebsddom/java/jdk16.html > > However, over the last two days the above webserver has complained about > "internal errors" when attempting to download, and today the domain > appears to be unavailable due to DNS failure. Are there other "safe" > download locations for this file?
The ports tree contains SHA256 checksums so there is no real need to worry about safety of a particular source. If you're unable to find a copy at all then drop me a mail offlist, I have it somewhere. > Also: the FAQ on how to install JDK seem to me to be out of date? > http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq8.html#Programming: > > 1) JDK 1.5 is not in ports anymore? Yes that's out of date. > 2) One is not required to visit SUN's website, just to put > "ACCEPT_JRL_LICENSE=Yes" in /etc/mk.conf? ACCEPT_JRL_LICENSE is additional, you still need to download the files manually.
